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Purple butterfly on wild white violet flowers in grass in rays of sunlight, macro. Spring summer fresh artistic image of beauty morning nature. Selective soft focus.

Daisy meadow full of butterflies flying around.

Blue butterflies in the foreground flying in a sunny meadow with white daisies

Dainty Swallowtail butterfly perched on a flower head

white butterfly flies free in the middle of a flowery meadow

Beautiful butterfly sitting on flower bed. Spring colored nature background. A purple flax flower blooms in a summer meadow. Springtime blossom scene.

large butterfly on plant, Syrian Marbled White, Melanargia syriaca

Spring background with light transparent flowers dandelion and flitting orange butterfly in pastel light tones macro with soft focus. Delicate airy elegant artistic image of nature,

The Marbled White is a distinctive and attractive black and white butterfly, unlikely to be mistaken for any other species.

Common Commander butterfly feeding on Mikania micrantha Kunth (Mile-a-minute Weed). Butterfly feeding on weeds.

Tiny white butterfly on a Chamomile flower head

Beautiful painted lady (Vanessa cardui) pollinating at bright valerian flowers

$Melanargia galathea has a wingspan of 46–56 millimetres In these medium-sized butterflies the upper side of the wings is decorated with white and gray-black or dark brown markings, but it is always gray-black or dark brown checkered in the basal and distal areas. The underside is similar to the upper side but the drawings is light gray or light brown. On the underside of the hindwings is present a row of gray eye spots. The males and the females are quite similar, except that some females may have a yellowish nuance on the underside of the wings.\nLife cycle:\nLike other members of its subfamily, the larvae feed on various grasses. These include Phleum (P. pratense), Poa (P. annua, P. trivalis), Festuca rubra, Bromus erectus, Dactylis, Brachypodium pinnatum, Agrostis capillaris, Elytrigia, Holcus, Dactylis, Triticum and Agropyron species . \nEggs are laid on the wing, or from brief perches on grass stems, and are just sprinkled among the grass stems. Upon hatching, the larvae immediately enter hibernation and only feed the following spring when the fresh growth occurs. They are a lime-green colour, with a dark green line running down the middle of their back. Pupation takes place at ground level in a loose cocoon. Adults can be found from early June to early September. On a good site, in warm, sunny weather, thousands can be seen gently fluttering amongst the grass heads.\nHabitat:\nIt is found in forest clearings and edges, meadows and steppe where it occurs up to 1,500-1,700 m above sea level. They are a common sight in unimproved grasslands across Europe.\n\nDistribution:\nThis species can be found across most of Europe, southern Russia, Asia Minor and Iran. There is an isolated population in Japan. It is not found in Ireland, North Britain, Scandinavia (except Denmark) and Portugal or Spain. The late twentieth century saw an expansion of its range in the UK (source Wikipedia). \n\nThis Picture is made during a Long Weekend in the South of Belgium in June 2019.$

Marbled white butterfly (Melanargia galathea) resting on wildflowers in early evening dusk sunset

View of a swallowtail butterfly in spring buds.

A small gray butterfly perched on a tiny white wild flower, background blurred , shallow depth of field focus.

$Close-up of a white Pieris Rapae butterfly on a yellow flower.\nLocation: Varnia, Bulgaria$

Purple butterfly on wild white violet flowers in grass against blue sky, macro. Spring summer fresh artistic image of beauty nature.

Pieris rapae, the small white. One is flying and one is feeding on the nectar of a daisy.

A butterfly perched atop a colorful bouquet of flowers in a grassy meadow.

$Aporia crataegi, the black-veined white, is a large butterfly of the family Pieridae. A. crataegi is widespread and common. Its range extends from northwest Africa in the west to Transcaucasia and across the Palearctic to Siberia and Japan in the east. In the south, it is found in Turkey, Cyprus, Israel, Lebanon and Syria. It is not present in the British Isles and northern Scandinavia. \nDescription:\nThe black-veined white has a wingspan of 51 to 70 mm. Females are commonly larger than males. The upperside of both forewings and hindwings is a translucent white boldly veined with black. The underside is similar in the male but the female has brown veining. Moreover, the female loses most of her scales by rubbing her wings together, resulting almost-transparent.\nBiology:\nThe flight period of the black-veined white is between April and July. The adults are quite social and their abundance varies greatly from year to year. The eggs are laid on the food plant, usually a member of the rose family Rosaceae and often on trees and bushes.\nThe eggs are laid in groups of 30 to 100. They take about three weeks to hatch. The caterpillars tend to remain in a group with a communal larval web. This species has one generation each year. The caterpillars overwinter communally in a webbing tent with entwined leaves. Caterpillars feed close together on the leaves of the food plant at first, before dispersing in the later developmental stages to other parts of the tree. \nThe pupal stage lasts about three weeks.\n\nDistribution and habitat:\nIt occurs in open forest, grazing land, orchards. lanes, gardens, meadows and thickets throughout most of Europe. This species is extinct in the British Isles (source Wikipedia). \n\nThis Picture is made during a long weekend in the Eifel (Germany) in June 2019.$

The comma is a medium-sized orange-and-brown butterfly. It gets its name from the comma-shaped white spots on the underneath of its wings.

Beautiful blooming branch of jasmine isolated on white background.

Cabbage white butterfly, Summer in the Eifel,Germnay.

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